ART 111: Figure Drawing I

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Class Program

Art

Credits

Clinical Hours None

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

090838

Meets Degree Requirements For

Humanities with Performance

Description

Introduction to the principles and processes of drawing the human figure. Investigation of proportion, gesture and composition with various drawing media from live models.

Grading Basis

Graded

Course Learning Outcomes

Comprehend and apply the proportions and anatomy of the human figure, including ideal vs. actual proportions and the study of geometrical/proportional systems used by artists from the history of art.

Comprehend and apply the principles of human gesture, including the study of contrapposto stances and various dynamic/energetic positions.

Comprehend the principles of foreshortening as applied to the study of the human figure.

Comprehend the principles of visual composition as applied to the study of the human figure, including various organizations of light and shadow and integration of figure with planar structure.

Display developed studio skills with traditional drawing media and processes (including pencil, charcoal, conte crayon, pastel and ink wash).

Have a general understanding of artists and development of figure drawing in the history of art.

Core Topics

Human figure measure and proportion, including:

Ideal proportions and subdivisions (face and head, body and limbs)
Natural proportions (face and head, body and limbs)
Male and female proportions (musculature and proportions)

Human gesture and position, including:

Contrappasto (simple weight-shift of standing and leaning axial asymmetry and complex weight-shift of seated and reclining axial assymmetry)
Axial/spatial twisting (axiel twist of standing, sitting and reclining figure)

Foreshortening of the human figure, including:

Studies of individual limbs, face and head, reclining figure and standing figure.

Composition and the human figure, including:

Study of light and shadow (studies of the figure in indirect light, directional light, and figure and ground continuity), white on black rendering and color rendering.
Integration with planar structure (observed figure composed toward regular planar modulation and established regular planar modulation composed toward human figure)